which brand of 30GB

Alrighty, my warranty is up, it's time to slap in another drive!!

I've found the Toshiba and the IBM 30GB drives for around the same price ($180+)... so the question is... does it matter?

The only info on drive problems i've found on the board was the issue with the IBM DJSA220's needing an M3 washer so as not to have pressure on the spindle, but I seem to remember something about spin up times... if the second drive doesn't spin up in time it's not recognized.

Should i use the same brand of drive if possible?

If so, My 12GB empeg is #08000446: which brand of drive was shipped in them?

For all those who have a 30GB in your player... which brands did you use and were there any issues?

thanks for any and all input =]


|| loren.cox ||

I have two 30 gig-drives, Toshiba ('3012 GAP' I think) and IBM ('DJSA-230'); they work perfectly together.
It looks like the Toshiba is a little bit more sensitive to low temperatures...last winter I sometimes had to boot twice after I left the empeg in the car over night. No big deal though.

Dr. Pupvogel
mk2 #080000169

I like the IBM drives best. Though I must say my preference is based on probably outdated info. I used to have a toshiba drive in my laptop and it was so noisy that it got irritating, not a major issue with an empeg where the drives are not spinning most of the time. But just enough of a reason for me to switch to IBM. Meanwhile however some time has passed so the above may not be true for the current toshiba models.

Cheers,
Hans


Mk2 - Blue & Red - 080000431